Happy New Year, Scorekeepers! Our Sagittarius Season Sabbatical is officially over, so we're back, back, back again with a brand new episode for a brand new year! This week, we're honored to be joined by the incomparable, legendary Janinah Burnett! Broadway actress, Metropolitan Opera performer, teacher, advocate, what can't she do? The list of her accomplishments goes on and on, plus she's lovely and hilarious! Join us for a chat about her illustrious career, growing up around the greats of jazz, her advice for young Black artists, and she'll tell us all about her new album Love the Color of Your Butterfly!
Also, unfortunately, Lee can't be with us for the whole show this time around, but that means Paige and Rocky get to catch up with dear friend, Frankie Charles, and talk all about their hopes and fears for 2022. And perhaps make a resolution or two? What's your resolution? Let us know!
And then we'll end the show with a bit of Pure Black Joy, because there is some, we promise. It's January in Minnesota and we are decidedly inside, so this week's offerings are all about what we're watching and they include Issa Rae, Selling Tampa, The Harder They Fall, and Rocky puts a period on the end of Michelle Young's season of The Bachelorette. Let's do it to it, y'all!
Hosts: Lee Bynum, Frankie Charles, Rocky Jones, Paige Reynolds
Guest: Janinah Burnett
Links
Janinah Burnett (Website)
Love the Color of Your Butterfly available on ALL platforms! (Listen Now)
Catch Janinah Burnett in "New Year, New World" Jan. 15 at Toledo Symphony (Buy Tickets)
"FUN 3 Mile Walk/Dance workout with @KeairaLaShae" (YouTube)
Black Garnet Books (Website)
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